SA’s long-term investment
23 Oct 2012
Johan Goosen has the potential to become a truly world-class flyhalf for the Springboks.
Every elite rugby playing country wishes they had a Dan Carter. But none more so than the All Blacks’ bitter rivals, the Springboks.
There have been false dawns, Gaffie du Toit the most notable of those. Others have been cast aside early as pretenders. Not so Goosen. He has something special, with just enough special to stir hope that the Springboks may have, in him, at very least a strong rebuttal to Carter, at best an answer to him.
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In an exclusive interview with SA Rugby magazine, Goosen talks about:
- How he doesn’t feel the pressure of Test rugby
- Why he sometimes gets very emotional
- His early playing days
- Why he’s always prepared to ‘have a go’ when it comes to long-range goal kicks
- Why there’s no difference between kicking for posts at Super Rugby and Test levels
- How he deals with criticism
- His preferred style of play
- His challengers for the Bok No 10 jersey
- Why he’ll stay at the Cheetahs
Also in the new issue:
– Why the Springboks must make an honest assessment of their 2012 season if they are to improve
– Once South African rugby’s forgotten man, Francois Louw could ironically become one of the Springboks’ most important figures in seasons to come
– Cory Jane has proven that size doesn’t matter when it comes to Test wings
– SA Rugby magazine analyses the Springboks’ end-of-year tour opponents
– Leinster hooker Richardt Strauss could soon be representing Ireland on the Test stage
– Tim Visser was born and raised in the Netherlands, where rugby is an insignificant sport. Now he’s playing at the highest level for Scotland
– England centre Brad Barritt is finally starting to realise his potential as a Test player
– Ghanaian-born wing Raymond Rhule had an outstanding Currie Cup for the Cheetahs
– JP du Plessis is pleased to be back in the Western Cape after short stints with the Sydney Roosters and Melbourne Rebels
– Warren Gatland will become the second New Zealander to coach the Lions when they tour Australia next year, but he’s unlikely to make the same mistakes as Graham Henry in 2001
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416 Comments
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23 Oct 2012, 14:04 pm
@Skeppie-335:
patrick lambie’s ceiling is super rugby, boet.
he will never be the no.1 springbok fh.
23 Oct 2012, 14:04 pm
@gunther-348:
Everyone just goes for the free booze and food…oh, and of course the fancy dress party.
This year was “Wild West”…
23 Oct 2012, 14:05 pm
By the way
I like the rugby balls as bullets in the article.
Good work guys (and gal) !!
23 Oct 2012, 14:05 pm
@Jeraldjay-337: @Jeraldjay-342:
in Wenger we trust!
Excited about the return of Sir Jack to the midfield. Hopefully he can provide some steel to our midfield.
23 Oct 2012, 14:05 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-351:
Jislaaik, nou gaan die Sharks kla dat die Bulle OOK nou teen hulle is.
En ons dog die ouens het ‘n laer-mentaliteit in Pretoria!
23 Oct 2012, 14:05 pm
@Sasuke-347: Ja but that’s how it seemed to me.
23 Oct 2012, 14:07 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-351: HAHAHA Throw that bait out there Bakkies. Even you cannot make that anything but a laughable argument.
23 Oct 2012, 14:07 pm
@Jeraldjay-337:
I don’t think it’s Wengers coaching that’s at fault, but his and the boards insistence on remaining solvent and not throwing money at new players. From what I understand, top players left because they realised that Arsenal would never spend the money needed to acquire the players needed to compete on equal terms with the other top sides.
Possibly, when the new FA solvency rules start biting he’ll be proven correct.
23 Oct 2012, 14:07 pm
@Skeppie-346:
come now skeppie, sharkies are every god kenners fancied team and should walk this one by rights. only sharkie i might have bashed is pat.
its not that i dont think he’s good (because he is) it’s because i think there’s better.
23 Oct 2012, 14:08 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-351: If that is the case, then Steyn’s level is Varsity Cup…He was only good in the BI Tour, but that was about it.
23 Oct 2012, 14:08 pm
Anyone know of a good coffe shop at Canal Walk?
23 Oct 2012, 14:08 pm
@WP-Forever-355: Nee dis mos net julle inferiority complex. Mense in Pretoria het niks fout met hulle breine nie.
23 Oct 2012, 14:08 pm
@WP-Forever-352:
Somerset West?
23 Oct 2012, 14:09 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-359: Ok consider this a nibble……who would you play ahead of him?
23 Oct 2012, 14:09 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-359: At the moment, not injured? Name them?
23 Oct 2012, 14:10 pm
@Sasuke-333: Would it be nasty of me to give an air punch right about now?
23 Oct 2012, 14:10 pm
@Nikita-361:
Apparently they serve great coffee at the Cattle Baron there, just ask stormersboy.
23 Oct 2012, 14:11 pm
@WP-Forever-355:
ek skiet maar net reguit wp-vir ewig, dis al. jy sal my nooit van die kant af vind kom soos n kiwi krap nie
23 Oct 2012, 14:11 pm
@David-363:
Well, if you look at the property market there at the moment, it does, indeed, resemble a desolate wasteland…picture tumbleweeds…
23 Oct 2012, 14:12 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-351: Bakkies – begone you heathen. I would start Jantjies or Lambie with a dodgy wrist, in a wheelchair, and suffering with bad gastro before starting Morne on the EOYT.
23 Oct 2012, 14:12 pm
@WP-Forever-352:
did you go as Lilli von Shtupp?
23 Oct 2012, 14:13 pm
@Sasuke-354:
Wilshere is like Goosen. They are young and have the potential to be legends but can breakdown at any moment.
Last season we survived the loss of Cesc, Chichy and Nasri and survived. This season we lost RVP and we’ll survive to play in Europe. But is that good enough.
23 Oct 2012, 14:15 pm
@WP-Forever-369:
Used to go to some great parties there, before it became a Gauteng retirement village.
23 Oct 2012, 14:16 pm
@Skeppie-357:
@KingTJ-360:
morne steyn is horse kaka at the moment.
no arguments here.
i thought he would play his way back into form but he’s been uber kak. and to think he cost us three (or was it four) games with the boks this year…
@Skeppie-364:
goosen
morne
jantjes
lambie
fouche
pollard
in that order i would pick them with regards eoyt.
23 Oct 2012, 14:16 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-370: Please tell me he wasn’t going to say Steyn? Jantjies would be a fair argument….but Steyn…..
23 Oct 2012, 14:16 pm
@Nikita-361:
@WP-Forever-367: LOL that used to be Sharks_Lovers’s place. Not anymore.
I would go to Vida e on the top level. best coffee in the place.
23 Oct 2012, 14:18 pm
@stormersboy-376:
he sold?
23 Oct 2012, 14:18 pm
@gunther-371:
The Teutonic Titwillow? No, sadly not…
23 Oct 2012, 14:18 pm
@Nikita-361:
23 Oct 2012, 14:19 pm
@KingTJ-365:
there you have it #374
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-370:
honestly, i think meyer will pick morne and elton at 10 and lambie as a fh come utility.
but i have been wrong before.
23 Oct 2012, 14:19 pm
@Skeppie-375: You know he was going to say Steyn
23 Oct 2012, 14:19 pm
@Jeraldjay-372: Yes true about Wilshere. It is not good enough for our high standards but it is better than most clubs. We will break our duck this season.
23 Oct 2012, 14:19 pm
@stormersboy-376:
23 Oct 2012, 14:20 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-381: I was wrong! Bakkies says he was kak and is wayyyyyyyy out of form.
Sorry Bakkies.
23 Oct 2012, 14:21 pm
@David-358: Yes true that is our dilemma now. In the end Arsenal will have the standard business model for running a club.
23 Oct 2012, 14:22 pm
@Sasuke-382:
Most consistently successful club in the history of English football. Have never been relegated to a lower division,
23 Oct 2012, 14:24 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-374: Bakkies, that is a kak choice, Goosen is injured, Morne is kak ( by your own words). Jantjies should still have the inside lane if Meyer was consistent . ( but dont personally rate him) . We will see after this weekend >>>It’s Lambies for the taking I reckon.
23 Oct 2012, 14:24 pm
Wow, it’s so light-hearted on here today.
I haven’t read the word “shack” once!
23 Oct 2012, 14:24 pm
Anonymous, please post your email online. I’m sure Anonymous hasn’t been taken yet. Go ahead I dare you. It is good reading. Share it with the rest. It made me feel really good.
23 Oct 2012, 14:26 pm
@Nikita-389:
You’ve got mail?
23 Oct 2012, 14:26 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-366: Nope go ahead!
@Jeraldjay-386: We make the Champions league every season, Always finish in the top 3 and we make a profit. Impressive.
In defence of Wenger he has stopped buying so much youngsters and rather bought established players such as Arteta, Podolski, Cazorla, Giroud. The team is yet to gel but they are close.
23 Oct 2012, 14:27 pm
Did Dawn join the exodus?
23 Oct 2012, 14:27 pm
@Nikita-389:
It wasn’t me.
Love
Shaggy.
23 Oct 2012, 14:28 pm
@WP-Forever-390:
A few, but this one wins hands down.
23 Oct 2012, 14:28 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-380:
That’s my feeling as well.
23 Oct 2012, 14:29 pm
@gunther-393:
Hmmm
23 Oct 2012, 14:29 pm
@WP-Forever-392:
No, she just doesn’t have anyone left to complain about.
23 Oct 2012, 14:33 pm
@Nikita-394: Please post it. If it’s from Predawn trying to have poor old Fitzella banned again, it might be worth a read. I did see him asking bloggers to ‘mail the moderators’ re: this poor old Skop fella.
23 Oct 2012, 14:45 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-380:
sorry, meant:
fh come utility = fb come utility
23 Oct 2012, 14:46 pm
@Nikita-383: emails?
You getting spammed? Nice.
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